Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 1,649 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Africa is 1,649 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 2,829 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | -36.8% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +38.9% |
| 1986 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,639 ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 1,972 ha | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 2,315 ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1997 | 2,087 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 2,555 ha | +22.4% |
| 1999 | 2,829 ha | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 2,306 ha | -18.5% |
| 2001 | 2,218 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 2,145 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 2,081 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 2,051 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,430 ha | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 2,255 ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 2,475 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 2,295 ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 1,945 ha | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 2,382 ha | +22.5% |
| 2011 | 1,877 ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 1,929 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1,956 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,883 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 2,146 ha | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 2,066 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 2,215 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 2,291 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,970 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 1,620 ha | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 1,505 ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 1,522 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,538 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,649 ha | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 788.89 ha | 500 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,590 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,950 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,250 ha | 1,639 ha | 2,829 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,220 ha | 1,945 ha | 2,475 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,072 ha | 1,877 ha | 2,382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,567 ha | 1,505 ha | 1,649 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in Southern Africa was 1,649 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,829 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.